[Electronics-Talk] hd radio

Sat Jan 2 19:56:33 UTC 2016

When I bought Grundig radios in this country, I didn't have to set them to 
10kc.  It was already set for that.  The setting for 9kc was there, but it 
was not set for that.  I had one of those of the model you are talking 
about, and I also had a Satelit 500.  Pam.

-----Original Message----- 
From: James Aldrich via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2016 11:12 AM
To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
Cc: James Aldrich
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] hd radio

Hello,

Radio Shack sold Yatt Boy radios by Grundig!  This is a German Company! 
That doesn't mean the radios were made in Germany!  They often were set up 
by  European standards.  Usually what they call the long wave band was set 
to 9 KHZ tuning rather than 10 Khz steps.  I unfortunately can't remember 
how to change to 10 KHZ steps.  I do know this is simple to change!  I once 
had that radio and once I changed to 10 khz tuning, the radio tuned 
properly.

Jim

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> On Jan 2, 2016, at 8:19 AM, Jude DaShiell via Electronics-Talk 
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> A shortwave radio I have has a keypad I can use on it to key frequencies 
> in for stations and I think more radios could benefit from such an 
> addition where band widths have narrowed so extensively on both AM and FM. 
> A weird thing with KYW Philadelphia all news AM station is it's announced 
> as being on 1060 but using the keypad gets me on the station but the 
> frequency has to be adjusted down one click on the shortwave dial to get 
> the sound coming in more clearly.  I think on the RadioShack shortwave 
> model I have each of those clicks must increment or decrement frequency by 
> 5 instead of 10 which is probably why what I do works.  So KYW may have 
> the center of its broadcast channel on 1055 rather than 1060.  On Sat, 2 
> Jan 2016, Ashley Bramlett via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>
>> Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 00:28:23
>> From: Ashley Bramlett via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>>    <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] hd radio
>> Jude,
>>
>> True more information is on the screen than just the station frequency, 
>> but IMO having the station accessible is a good start.
>> I haven't read the whole thread here,  but I thought someone said that 
>> the sparc hd radio spoke the station frequencies.
>> I have a regular stereo radio, and its quite hard to turn the stations as 
>> I cannot tell where I am. There is often no station between some 
>> frequencies, so many times as I press the buttons, I hear static. It was 
>> easier to turn stations with the wheels they had on older radios.
>> I'd love to have a talking hd or regular radio someday so I know what 
>> station I'm at. I can only tell now  by waiting for the announcer to say 
>> the station or guessing by the genre played or using my little vision to 
>> squint at the screen.
>>
>> You all have good points that failing to read everything on screen is not 
>> complete accessibility, but I think some talking features is better than 
>> none.
>>
>> Ashley
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Jude DaShiell via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2016 9:56 AM
>> To: Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk
>> Cc: Jude DaShiell
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] hd radio
>>
>> For hd radios, if I have this right more visual information becomes
>> available on screens/displays than just the current station frequency.
>> Earlier weather information and traffic updates were mentioned.  I
>> suspect some advertisers will only put contact information on that
>> screen that isn't spoken as is so often done on TV advertisements.  With
>> a bluetooth or infrared interface and a paired device, such information
>> could be sent out over those interfaces as well.
>>
>>> On Fri, 1 Jan 2016, Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>>>
>>> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 08:18:31
>>> From: Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk 
>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>>>    <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Pamela Dominguez <geodom at optonline.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] hd radio
>>> Okay, what is this about using a camera with a radio?  Pam.
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Jude DaShiell via Electronics-Talk
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2015 8:13 PM
>>> To: electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> Cc: Jude DaShiell
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] hd radio
>>> I'm curious can any hd radios pair with bluetooth or infrared devices 
>>> that
>>> are now on the market?  I wouldn't want to have to use a camera on a
>>> display which might or might not work depending on ambient light levels.
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